Remembrance Day News Archive
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Libraries
The ‘Suicide’ Battalion’s Chemist
November 7, 2022 —
In the Armes Building at UM’s Fort Garry campus hangs a plaque commemorating Henry P. Armes, for whom the building is named.
![Green wreath with poppies and a purple ribbon. On the ribbon are the words Lest We Forget.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/remembrance-day-gf50218c90_1280-150x150.jpg)
Finding meaning in remembrance
November 10, 2021 —
War and conflict remain a reality for many people in the world
![Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing, the final resting place for nearly 12,000 First World War servicemen.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/War-Graves-Cemetery_WEB-150x150.jpg)
The Conversation: First World War poet Wilfred Owen, treated for shell shock, carried readers into the horror of war
November 6, 2020 —
Owen’s 'Dulce et Decorum Est' has an unambiguous anti-war message, and it works skillfully to immerse the reader in a subsuming, visceral representation of the lived experience of the frontline soldier
![Two plaques and two photographs for world war one engineering faculty memorial](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Memorial-Day-Feature-Image-FINAL-150x150.jpg)
Price Faculty of Engineering
Remembering Our Fallen
November 8, 2019 —
When WWI took hold of the globe, engineering students at the University of Manitoba put down their pencils, packed their bags, and headed overseas to serve their country in a fight for freedom and peace.
![Telegram to the family of a fallen soldier](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Watt-telegram-aug201918-150x150.jpg)
‘Mother, it’s terrible the things we see over here’
November 11, 2018 —
The experience of one soldier can serve to convey the fragility of life and the tragedy of war as it impacts the lives of those left behind
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The Roll of the Fallen
November 9, 2018 —
1,119 individuals represented the University of Manitoba in the service of their country, according to the Roll of the Fallen
![Mightier than the Sword](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Mightier-than-the-Sword-Article-150x150.png)
Desautels Faculty of Music
Art as an instrument for peace
November 6, 2018 —
In a collaboration of multi-faculty arts at the University of Manitoba, …Mightier than the Sword marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War
![Elvina Mukhamedshina on duty at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Vimy_WEB-150x150.jpg)
Alumni Abroad: Sharing the story of sacrifice
November 5, 2018 —
There are two little pieces of Canada in northern France, and every year university students are sent over to tell their story
![Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing, the final resting place for nearly 12,000 First World War servicemen.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/War-Graves-Cemetery_WEB-150x150.jpg)
Alumni Insights: All is Quiet (Cycling the Ypres Salient)
November 5, 2018 —
'Cycling the Ypres Salient was an amazingly educational and emotional experience'
![HMS Cornwallis ship supporting the evacuation of Suvla in December](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cdss-ship-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Arts
UM joins First World War commemoration
October 30, 2018 —
The World Remembers commemorates the millions of people who lost their lives in the First World War from Canada and fifteen participating nations